Pirates win sixth straight

* BASEBALL: Sophomore Kyle Allen pitched a complete game with 15

strikeouts to lead the undefeated Orange Coast College baseball team

to its sixth-straight win, a 3-0 victory over Merced in the opening

game of the Southwestern Tournament in Chula Vista Friday.

Allen allowed only four hits. OCC freshman Brad Miller pounded out

a RBI triple in the second inning. Sophomore Kyle Stanley also

finished with an RBI, while sophomore Ryan Mathes and freshman Dustin

Hicks recorded two hits each.

Orange Coast (6-0) will resume tourney play today at 10 a.m.

against East Los Angeles, at Grossmont, then travel to San Diego Mesa

for a 2 o’clock start.

Southwestern Tournament

Orange Coast 3, Merced 0

Score by Innings

Merced 000 000 000

-- 0 4 1

OCC 011 010 000

-- 3 7 1

OCC -- Allen and Hicks; W -- Allen, 2-0. L -- Peters. 2B

-- Hanna (OCC). 3B -- Miller (OCC).

* MEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Orange Coast College’s men’s volleyball team

put Pasadena City College’s club team away easily Friday afternoon

with a 30-15, 10-18, 30-16 victory on the Pirates’ campus to improve

to 3-1.

Setiam Allah had six kills and two blocks. Doug Lewis had seven

kills and Kaimana Kamalani, Kyle Desmet and Paul Pomroy each had six

kills.

Mike Alleman led the defense with eight digs and Matt Skonik had

six digs. David Doxey and Mike Murphy combined for 43 assists at

setter.

Coast hosts defending state champion L.A. Pierce on Wednesday,

starting at 7:30 p.m.